16th Jul 2026 13:50
16 July 2026
Johnson Matthey Plc
(the Company)
Result of Annual General Meeting
The Company announces that at today's Annual General Meeting all resolutions were passed on a poll. The result of the poll is set out below.
Resolution | For | % For* | Against | % Against* | Votes Total | % of Issued Share Capital | Votes Withheld** |
1. To receive the Company's accounts for the year ended 31 March 2026. | 127,347,237 | 99.99 | 7,163 | 0.01 | 127,354,400 | 75.78 | 569,312 |
2. To approve the directors' remuneration report for the year ended 31 March 2026. | 126,711,693 | 99.53 | 597,294 | 0.47 | 127,308,987 | 75.75 | 614,725 |
3. To approve the directors' remuneration policy | 127,244,461 | 99.63 | 477,747 | 0.37 | 127,722,208 | 76.00 | 201,504 |
4. To declare a final dividend of 55.00 pence per ordinary share. | 127,696,571 | 99.97 | 38,300 | 0.03 | 127,734,871 | 76.01 | 188,841 |
5. To elect Andrew Cosslett as a director of the company. | 123,857,494 | 96.98 | 3,855,430 | 3.02 | 127,712,924 | 75.99 | 210,788 |
6. To re-elect Liam Condon as a director of the company. | 127,636,470 | 99.94 | 80,630 | 0.06 | 127,717,100 | 76.00 | 206,612 |
7. To elect Alastair Judge as a director of the company. | 127,544,122 | 99.86 | 176,444 | 0.14 | 127,720,566 | 76.00 | 203,146 |
8. To re-elect Richard Pike as a director of the company | 127,631,321 | 99.94 | 80,659 | 0.06 | 127,711,980 | 75.99 | 211,732 |
9. To re-elect Rita Forst as a director of the company. | 124,398,542 | 97.41 | 3,313,412 | 2.59 | 127,711,954 | 75.99 | 211,758 |
10. To re-elect Xiaozhi Liu as a director of the company. | 123,983,432 | 97.08 | 3,728,325 | 2.92 | 127,711,757 | 75.99 | 211,955 |
11. To re-elect Sinead Lynch as a director of the company. | 124,295,522 | 97.34 | 3,399,422 | 2.66 | 127,694,944 | 75.98 | 228,768 |
12. To re-elect Doug Webb as a director of the company. | 124,375,205 | 97.39 | 3,338,813 | 2.61 | 127,714,018 | 76.00 | 209,694 |
13. To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor for the forthcoming year. | 127,676,633 | 99.96 | 53,875 | 0.04 | 127,730,508 | 76.00 | 193,204 |
14. To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the remuneration of the auditor. | 127,479,588 | 99.80 | 250,685 | 0.20 | 127,730,273 | 76.00 | 193,439 |
15. To authorise the company and its subsidiaries to make political donations and incur political expenditure within certain limits. | 127,524,804 | 99.87 | 168,521 | 0.13 | 127,693,325 | 75.98 | 230,387 |
16. To authorise the directors to allot shares. | 123,063,346 | 96.35 | 4,668,024 | 3.65 | 127,731,370 | 76.01 | 192,342 |
17. To disapply the statutory pre-emption rights attaching to shares.*** | 119,251,620 | 93.38 | 8,451,759 | 6.62 | 127,703,379 | 75.99 | 220,333 |
18. To disapply the statutory pre-emption rights attaching to shares in connection with an acquisition or other capital investment.*** | 117,022,717 | 91.64 | 10,680,408 | 8.36 | 127,703,125 | 75.99 | 220,587 |
19. To authorise the company to make market purchases of its own shares.*** | 124,334,196 | 97.53 | 3,149,228 | 2.47 | 127,483,424 | 75.86 | 440,288 |
20. To authorise the company to call general meetings other than annual general meetings on not less than 14 clear days' notice.*** | 124,612,494 | 97.56 | 3,117,403 | 2.44 | 127,729,897 | 76.00 | 193,815 |
21. To adopt new Articles of Association of the Company. *** | 127,667,347 | 99.97 | 39,084 | 0.03 | 127,706,431 | 75.99 | 217,281 |
* Figures shown are percentages of total votes cast excluding votes withheld
** A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes for or against a resolution
*** Special Resolutions
The total number of voting rights was 168,055,752 Ordinary Shares of 11049/53 pence.
Copies of our announcements are available on our website: https://matthey.com/investors/regulatory-news
In accordance with UK Listing Rule 6.4.2, a copy of all resolutions passed as special business will shortly be available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism document viewing facility at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
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Johnson Matthey Plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange (JMAT)
Registered Office: 5th Floor, 2 Gresham Street, London EC2V 7AD
Registered in England & Wales number: 00033774 Legal Entity Identifier number: 2138001AVBSD1HSC6Z10
ISIN number: GB00BZ4BQC70
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